We report on recent results obtained with the world-wide
ROTSE-III network and plans for the near future. Instruments
are now functioning at Siding Spring Observatory in
Australia, McDonald Observatory in Texas, the H.E.S.S.
facility in Namibia, and Tubitak National Observatory in
Turkey. The rapid-slew ROTSE-III mounts are consistently
achieving accurate targeting within ten seconds of the
transmission of an alert, and images are reaching limiting
magnitudes of 19-20 in 60 s exposures. Contrary to
theoretical expectation, we have found two bursts that fail
to show the prompt optical signal expected from the reverse
shock mechanism. To study these phenomena in greater detail,
we are planning to augment the ROTSE-III telescopes to
obtain information about GRB spectral evolution on short
time scales. Similar modifications are already being
incoporated in the AEOS Burst Camera on Haleakela, Maui.

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